November/December 2011 - Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

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And the winner is… That’s IP&C* to you *Infection Prevention and Control In the last issue of Inspire and as part of the Infection Prevention Control Week campaign this year, the call went out to all staff for ideas on how to improve infection, prevention and control where you work. Elizabeth Gray from Grace Hospital picked up the grand prize of an iPod Nano. (Honourable mentions go to Melly Gutierrez at West Park Manor and Grace Martens at Pembina Place Mennonite PCH.) Do you have acronyms or shorthand your workplace uses that makes other people shake their head? Shorthand on charts that makes you scratch your head? Send them to us, and we may feature them in an upcoming issue. E-mail to inspire@wrha.mb.ca ARO Antibiotic Resistant Organism BSI Blood Stream Infection CAUTI Catheter-Induced Urinary Tract Infection HH Hand Hygiene ICP Infection Control Practitioner (or Professional) ICRA Infection Control Risk Assessment PPE Personal Protective Equipment RP Routine Practices SSI Surgical Site Infection OUT & about! A view inside of our Health Region The Regional Communications & Public Affairs team tackles last minute AGM plans out of the Health Sciences Centre communications area…after a nearby fire pushed us out of 650 Main for health reasons. Rubble from the fire behind 640/650 Main. Folks from accounts payable were displaced in a boardroom on Notre Dame while 650 Main was being cleaned. Members of senior management and media relations handed out newspapers on September 28th to support literacy with Raise-a-Reader. 4 !nspire! • Nov-Dec 2011
By Andrea Danelak Fire Displaces Access Downtown Clinic D ozens of clinics and sites across the province have already seen the benefits of electronic medical records (EMRs) first hand, but the scope of those benefits came close to home following a downtown Winnipeg fire that closed down a primary care clinic. On Oct. 25, 2011, smoke from a nearby fire damaged the ACCESS Downtown primary care clinic at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority building on Main Street. Due to the damages, some of the ACCESS Downtown staff moved their operations to 425 Elgin Ave. while the clinic underwent repairs. As a result of the displacement, the WRHA Community Services Integrated Support team (CSIS) provided their training laptops for the ACCESS Downtown staff to use, setting up a temporary command centre in the Elgin site’s boardroom. “The response from CSIS was amazingly fast—they had it set up in no time,” said Jade Nayler, ACCESS Downtown’s team manager. “They saved us.” One of the positive outcomes from the situation was the recognition of the EMR’s benefits. Because patient information was available via the EMR system, paper charts were not needed and clinic staff were able to call every patient who had an appointment that week to inform them of the change in location. “If we had been using paper charts, we would have been sunk,” noted Nayler. Also beneficial was the fact that the EMR could show the ACCESS Downtown staff where unused examination/treatment rooms could be used to provide patient care. “I can’t believe how well this worked out,” said Dr. Grant Benningen, a physician from ACCESS Downtown. “If you’ve got (an EMR), you can be anywhere.” According to the ACCESS Downtown providers and support staff, the help they received from CSIS and from Manitoba eHealth was invaluable. Not only did CSIS staff set up the equipment necessary to access the EMR, but they also remained at the site to assist with any ACCESS Downtown’s Jade Nayler, Community Team Manager, and Tami Chief, Primary Care Assistant, use the EMR at 425 Elgin. challenges that presented themselves. Manitoba eHealth Desktop Services staff were also on site to provide support and to ensure the equipment was fully functional. “It reduced anxiety just having them here,” said Dr. Marnie Waters, also a physician from ACCESS Downtown. “Their presence just had a calming effect on the group.” After a week at the Elgin site, the ACCESS Downtown staff were able to return to their clinic on Oct. 31. You could WIN! November is CPR awareness month. We want to empower you with life-saving knowledge by awarding a lucky winner with a Heart & Stroke CPR Anytime Family & Friends kit. Email your reason for needing to know CPR to inspire@wrha.mb.ca (contest closes December 16th) and enter to win! !nspire! • Nov-Dec 2011 5
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